Bellenden Belle

HeidiHi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peckham sucks. > > > They do have attitude in Peckham, Kissing the > teeth, walking slow like a tourist and shoving > pass people is the norm in peckham...as is pushing > meat in dirty trolleys across dirty polluted roads > to dirty butchers in peckham...yuk...I used to > like Peckham as a kid...BHS, Marks and > Spencers....Sigh. SCBS79 - I was responding to the above paragraph, not to your original post, so no offence meant. And my last line did indicate sympathy to your original post. But please let's not go down the Peckham Debate route. As for cinemas -- you could always try Curzon Soho - it might not seem local but is a mere bus ride away from East Dulwich. Or Greenwich Picturehouse is worth a car journey. And re-reading my post I don't think I was on my high horse at all... a comical donkey perhaps, but little more.

Oh Lord here we go again with the Great Peckham Debate. I rather like the Multiplex - its cheap, cheery and local. And I absolutely love it when the entire audience decide to "cuss" the on-screen characters - as seems to happen in very cheesy rom-coms. There's an applaudable suspension of disbelief and willingness to emotionaly invest (even when the film features Russell Brand acting in a skimpy little sarong). But yes, talking would annoy me terribly too.

AcedOut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hire a happy clapper. That's what I'm doing in > the future. Class! Does that mean all mice are atheists? I can't remember... were there any mice on Noah's ark?

I think the poster is a girl, right? Or wrong? And the jogger is definitely a woman.... according to the first post. Am I right? I rather like the ambiguity .... it's definitely going to be an indie flick where there are lots of awkward pauses and at least one of them comes from a dysfunctional family - Mike Leigh could direct, that odd Chloe Sevigny (sp?) would be the socially inept stalker and Maggie Gyllenthal (bloody hell can't spell today) could be the jogger. Sorted.

Ahhhh, indeed he is a mere whippersnapper then.... well that would explain those boyish good looks and the overflowing optimism ... bless, I imagine he will be quite the blushing groom!

Am going on a walking weekend the next day - sixteen miles on day one - so am going to be very good and say that I will see you guys in October - I know I have no concept of popping in for one and a hangover would be a really bad idea. Have fun - looking forward to hearing about it.

Hee hee Mockney... well remembered.... but the sexuality of Catholic priests I believe is worthy of a discussion of its own... And I have not looked under many of their vestements!:-$

Ahhhh James - you probably haven't met that kind of man because mostly it's a well-kept secret. Certainly I stumbled on it quite by chance... it wasn't announced on our first date. As for men being more likely than women... I guess it's because I think men are often more sexually driven than women (come on girls, shout me down!)... and at times can detach sex and emotional attachment more readily. And certainly I have heard plenty of tales from the world of cruising and cottaging to draw that conclusion.

Though all things considered I'm not keen on your generalised comments about who "we" don't like. Civil servants cover an enormous range of people and roles...who all contribute to making our society tick. As do the other jobs you mention....

MadWorld74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bellenden Belle Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I don't - but I am a dab hand at stalking > people > > (it's part of my job!) - www.tracesmart.co.uk is > a > > great way of tracking people - particularly if > you > > have an idea of an area they might be living > in. > > www.192.com is useful too. > > > 'Stalking people'...? oh dear. we can guess what > you do for a living. A Copper, a debt collector, a > PI...generally the sort of people we do not like. > hmmm. Maybe don't tell the forum that's what you > 'do' for a living BB. Oh Madworld...how funny - I am such an unlikely candidate for any of those jobs! Stalking was just an example of my heightened sense of drama, often evident in my language! Tracking is a better word... I work for a charity ... I am a very respectable and rather charming Robin Hood! (But I am not and never have been a chugger!)

I liked your story James about your friend admiring other men's bodies but remaining a firm heterosexual. It defines the difference nicely.... I often find myself mesmorised by other women (Maggie Gyllenthal, Ute Lemper, Lyndsey Duncan are faves) and sometimes I think to myself - could I? would I? But it's just not there.... When I was younger I had very romantic notions about falling in love with a person rather than it being dictated by gender but I'm not sure I buy into that anymore. Mostly I think we all make a choice one way or another eventually. I once dated someone who claimed his gay porn collection was the only manifestation of his "bisexuality"... it never quite rang true for me - although his next relationship was with a famous female porn star, I still suspect that one day he will come out and be much happier for it. (At the time his bisexuality worried me far less than the fact he kept his porn files in alphabetical folders.... it was just so, erm, anal! I wonder if men are more likely to swing than women? As a gay friend recently described to me in a discussion about "meterosexuality" - it's all about orifices, innit? How terribly romantic.... t

I don't - but I am a dab hand at stalking people (it's part of my job!) - www.tracesmart.co.uk is a great way of tracking people - particularly if you have an idea of an area they might be living in. www.192.com is useful too.

Well I grew up in North London and feel I have successfully made the transition. However I don't think the migration would work for people beyond zone four - I think the cultural shock would be too great :)

Ahhhh Diana Rigg in Mother Courage - it was extraordinary. It lifted all the talk of Brecht the political dramatist right off the page for me. And I must confess practising Diana Rigg's silent scream in my mirror rather a lot (pretentious, moi?). Totally agree with Giggirl about young people seeing theatre - joining the Royal Court Young Peoples Theatre at sixteen changed my life - introducing me to plays at the Royal Court for a pound ( and a world away from the tits and teeth of musical theatre that I knew up til then).I made friends still with me today but more importantly I discovered a world beyond North London suburbs - and a whole new way of thinking and engaging.

Moos - Kneehigh is a great company - I loved their naughty and imaginative version of The Red Shoes - I think you would probably really like Theatre de Complicite's work which shares Kneehigh's inventiveness. And in a similar vein a show/ play I loved was 100 by a company called The Imaginary Body.

It's interesting - I remember theatre far more easily than I do either books or films. I think it is something to do with the experience for me.... I've been fortunate to see tons of theatre - mostly because of earlier jobs - and there is a point when I literally feel my heart in my mouth when I see something extraordinary. So I might not often remember the plot but I will remember the sometimes shaky, sometimes joyful walk from my seat to the exit. It's the only medium that really does that for me. Occasionally live music might hit the same spot, but rarely.

Well I'm no film buff so here we have my rather humble top ten.... Toto the Hero - very cute French film The Way we Were - Streisand and Redford Magnolia Ferris Bueller's Day Off Breakfast at Tiffany's On Golden Pond (I know, I know..... I have no shame) Together - fantastic Swedish film Before Sunset and Before Sunrise Bad Santa Stand By Me

Must add that I am terribly envious of Marmora Man's list.... would love to have seen Judi in Cabaret - and absoutely agree about Ute Lemper in Chicago - it's also always worth catching her one-woman shows..... she ooooooozes sex!

Ahhh now we're talking .... Blue Heart - Caryl Churchill (Out of Joint) - a double bill, one half featuring an entire dialogue consructed out of the words Blue and Kettle. Genius! Scenes from the Big Picture -Owen McCafferty - National theatre - a beautiful ensemble piece Medea with Diana Rigg - probably around 1990 - she was simply breathtaking Street of Crocodiles - Theatre de Complicite - inventive, witty, touching Spunk - Royal Court Theatre around 1990 - long before Five Guys Named Mo came to the West End, this was a winner Hamlet - Peter Brook's production with Adrian Lester at the Young Vic Burn this - John Malkovich and Juliet Stevenson around 1990 - angry, raw and bloody sexy The Producers - the musical .... sheer joy Carousel - the National Theatre production with Joanne Riding Far Side of the Moon - Robert Lepage, National Theatre, 2001 - extraordinary I could go on......

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shhh! indiepanda, don't tell everyone - it was the > best one so I am blatently trying to pass it off > as my own. Sure i read in rules of this thread > that you could nab someone elses suggestion as > long as it was on a different page. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, eh? Either that or you have been well and truly caught Citizened!

Oh Madworld you have my sympathy.... completely. I have just come upstairs to write this having had a near fit in my kitchen. I bent down to pick up what I thought was a small piece of fluff on the floor.... I didn't have my glasses on.... just about to pick it up when I realise, lying there is a quarter of the head of a mouse -- no bigger than my thumbnail, one perfect little ear and one sad eye gazing at me. Agggggghhhhhh. Whole mice brought in as gifts is one thing - but dismembered limbs and half heads makes me think I am living with the feline version of Hannibal Lector.

dulwichdahlia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > You yourself have made no comment at all about the > subject matter, which is important to all of us, > and highly topical, but simply posted lengthy > personal abuse. My post - which was a mere two lines long - did not personally abuse you... I am not sure when the suggestion of a cup of tea and a walk could be construed as such. I was making a gentle observation that your posts seem a little strange - as has been noted by a number of posters of this thread. You are - in short - ranting. And the question is what is your agenda here? What are you hoping to gain through posting? I'm not attacking you - merely curious.

Dulwichdahlia, You seem to be expending an awful lot of energy on this. And you don't seem to be interested in engaging with those who post on the thread. Call the fraud hotline if you have evidence.... otherwise I suggest a cup of tea, a nice deep breath, and a walk in the fresh air.

It's very odd chosen wallpaper indeed.... it's got a touch of a boudoir about it - quite at odds with the dark wood of the bar. But maybe it's a chance for regulars to get in touch with their feminine side.

My favourite waste of time - Owen Paul (A prize for anyone that can remember any other song the lad wrote!)